Thanks
to Renée at No Water River for hosting Poetry Friday this week!
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April
has skipped and skittered away from me, but it’s been a fun, busy month! I look
forward to National Poetry Month every year, and this year’s celebrations have
not disappointed—I’ve shared some of my favorite poetic forms with enthusiastic
children, discovered some new favorite poets, and tried my hand at some “new to
me” formats! (One of my new favorites is the nonet,
which I will share at the end of this post!☺) Due
to some heavy duty extra-curricular commitments, I haven’t been blogging as
much, but I’ve enjoyed keeping up with my online friends as time allows. I look
forward to diving back into more frequent blogging soon!
And
now to the nonet format: a nonet is a nine-line poem that begins
with a nine-syllable first line, and each succeeding line has one less syllable
(line two has eight syllables, line three has seven syllables, etc.). Here is a
nonet that I composed which was inspired by my sweet boys, who are now 12 ½ and almost
bigger than me!
Wonder
For years I wondered who you would be,
For years I wondered who you would be,
For
months I dreamed of holding you.
When
the day came I marveled,
Counting
twenty fingers,
Twenty
tiny toes,
Two
sweet faces;
Twin
blessings
Wrapped
in
Blue.
Here is a picture taken a few weeks after we brought our boys home from the NICU.
They were so tiny!!
Try writing your own nonet—it is definitely a fun challenge! Enjoy
the last week of this year’s National Poetry Month and Happy Writing!